Sci-fi Top 5 — 5: ‘Star Trek Deep Space Nine’

As promised, I’m going to list my five favorite sci-fi TV shows to mark the upcoming end to “Battlestar Galactica.” After much thought, I decided to make “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” my fifth spot. Boldly going where no Star Trek series had gone before, “DS9″ tackled season-long storylines while exploring such themes as ramifications of war, PTSD, surrogacy, identity and cultural differences. The show moved through the exploration of the unknown to conflict between races to all-out war. The Dominion proved to be a great enemy that allowed the show to look at isolationism and distrust leading to battle. To me, charcters in “DS9″ grew and changed much more than on the other Trek” shows. You can buy the DVD seasons, but the show apparently isn’t running in syndication at the moment. By the way, another Star Trek show is in my top 5, but just one other. Tomorrow, No. 4.

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Thanks for putting DS9 in there – most people forget about it when talking Trek – although TNG is my favorite, DS9 is right up there – great storytelling, developed characters and terrific acting proved that you can have Star Trek without a ship!

Do you have a favorite DS9 episode? I’d have to go with “In the Pale Moonlight”, where Sisko lies to bring the Romulans into the Dominion War.